ALBAWABA - Italian police arrested on Monday mafia boss Matteo Messina in Sicily.
Messina Denaro is alleged to be a boss of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra mafia and has been on the run since 1993, AFP reported.
VIDEO. People clapping and cheering Carabinieri police in the streets of Palermo after the arrest of Italy's top mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro after 30 years on the run - @repubblica pic.twitter.com/W6ptsXu7lL
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Denaro was reportedly detained in a private clinic in Sicily's capital Palermo, the BBC, the Guardian and other news outlets reported.
He is alleged to be a boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra mafia.